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#16281 User is offline   QuickTidal 

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Posted 25 August 2026 - 02:47 PM

He's not wrong though. Methane from the insane amount of cattle farming on the planet was the lions share of Jane Goodall's message in the back half of her life. But the US is 4th in the world on that front, Brazils' cattle industry is responsible for 21% of the worlds methane, India is a close second for methane (Dairy farms there obviously), and China and the US are third and fourth respectively.

I'm a fan of getting lab grown meat to be viable when expanded and extrapolated for the masses. We're not there yet, but I'll be happy when we are.
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Posted 25 August 2026 - 05:03 PM

Senior US military official faces legal nightmare over bold act of defiance against Donald Trump.

The senior military figure has rattled a very big cage atop the US chain of command. It could cost him more than his career.

https://www.news.com...26136a790769c58

(Note: a MAJ isn't "senior".)

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And now the orange shitstain is threatening to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America?

What a super fucktard. :doh:

https://www.news.com...0a3bff64e4bd15e

‘Lake America’: Donald Trump’s wild new plan

Donald Trump has threatened to rename a lake that straddles the US-Canada border as a trade war between the allies turns increasingly personal.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 25 August 2026 - 05:08 PM

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Posted 25 August 2026 - 07:05 PM

 Tsundoku, on 25 August 2026 - 05:03 PM, said:

Senior US military official faces legal nightmare over bold act of defiance against Donald Trump.

The senior military figure has rattled a very big cage atop the US chain of command. It could cost him more than his career.

https://www.news.com...26136a790769c58

(Note: a MAJ isn't "senior".)

https://tenor.com/en...ng-gif-24518939

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And now the orange shitstain is threatening to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America?

What a super fucktard. :doh:

https://www.news.com...0a3bff64e4bd15e

‘Lake America’: Donald Trump’s wild new plan

Donald Trump has threatened to rename a lake that straddles the US-Canada border as a trade war between the allies turns increasingly personal.



It has always been illegal for us service members to protest in uniform. I can sympathize with his message but this isn’t trump over reach it’s the uniform code of justice. The outcome was a certainty the moment he did it. The best outcome was a dishonorable discharge.
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Posted 25 August 2026 - 07:11 PM

 Tsundoku, on 25 August 2026 - 05:03 PM, said:

Senior US military official faces legal nightmare over bold act of defiance against Donald Trump.

The senior military figure has rattled a very big cage atop the US chain of command. It could cost him more than his career.

https://www.news.com...26136a790769c58

(Note: a MAJ isn't "senior".)

https://tenor.com/en...ng-gif-24518939

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And now the orange shitstain is threatening to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America?

What a super fucktard. :doh:

https://www.news.com...0a3bff64e4bd15e

‘Lake America’: Donald Trump’s wild new plan

Donald Trump has threatened to rename a lake that straddles the US-Canada border as a trade war between the allies turns increasingly personal.


Lake of America, Gulf of America,Straight of America… oh and Venezuela is now a puppet state, we are also actively trying to take over Cuba and Greenland. I see a trend here.
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Posted 26 August 2026 - 04:02 PM

 Lady Bliss, on 25 August 2026 - 07:11 PM, said:

 Tsundoku, on 25 August 2026 - 05:03 PM, said:

Senior US military official faces legal nightmare over bold act of defiance against Donald Trump.

The senior military figure has rattled a very big cage atop the US chain of command. It could cost him more than his career.

https://www.news.com...26136a790769c58

(Note: a MAJ isn't "senior".)

https://tenor.com/en...ng-gif-24518939

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And now the orange shitstain is threatening to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America?

What a super fucktard. :doh:

https://www.news.com...0a3bff64e4bd15e

‘Lake America’: Donald Trump’s wild new plan

Donald Trump has threatened to rename a lake that straddles the US-Canada border as a trade war between the allies turns increasingly personal.


Lake of America, Gulf of America,Straight of America… oh and Venezuela is now a puppet state, we are also actively trying to take over Cuba and Greenland. I see a trend here.



Is venezuela really a puppet state? Or is it mostly just a forgotten side show. Honestly it could be either but if its the former the media is failing in its job.

All the rest is pure ego and distraction. The gulf of mexico is still the gulf of mexico, even to msot americans. The federal goverment and google maps has changed it, only if your geolacted in america. Even if lake america goes through it will be undone at the stroke of a pen.

I think thats what so much of this about. Trump must realize on some level that since so much of his 'accomplishments' are by executive order it will all be erased. The ballroom, taking over greenland, the kennedy center, the fountain they are all ways for him to try and make this grand legact that will last. History will judge this presidency and it wont be kind.
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Posted 26 August 2026 - 04:36 PM

His grave is likely to become the world's largest public toilet so that's a legacy I guess?
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Posted 26 August 2026 - 04:43 PM

 Tiste Simeon, on 26 August 2026 - 04:36 PM, said:

His grave is likely to become the world's largest public toilet so that's a legacy I guess?


Yep, he will not be able to have a public grave...I think most people know this. It would become a trash dump...
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Posted 26 August 2026 - 09:20 PM

In honour of Dolly, take down that sextist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot
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Posted 26 August 2026 - 11:17 PM

Weirdly, MAGA appear to be claiming Dolly as one of them. KKKaroline posted saying that American girls should be more like Dolly Parton and Les like "woke Taylor Swift" which shows exactly how much she knows about both those artists.
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Posted 02 September 2026 - 10:42 AM

Well, they had to find some way to get more MAGAts past recruitment. :doh: :no

Federal Bureau of Investigation axes rule banning agents with a history of bestiality

The FBI – once the gold standard of law enforcement integrity – has rewritten its rule book to welcome candidates with histories of bestiality, drug abuse and more.

https://www.news.com...37337f9ad7ce1fc
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Posted 02 September 2026 - 11:50 AM

Also Trump just essentially and casually announced that if they win the midterms, no more trans people?

How anyone can support this fucking nazi admin is wild.
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Posted 02 September 2026 - 04:32 PM

 QuickTidal, on 02 September 2026 - 11:50 AM, said:

Also Trump just essentially and casually announced that if they win the midterms, no more trans people?

How anyone can support this fucking nazi admin is wild.


It seems like it's barely being reported in mainstream American media... I had to look it up. Trump said that if the Democrats win the midterms

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["]you're gonna have crazy things happening like the men in women's sports will never end. None of this- Transgender will never end."

[...] His comments about ending transgender people echo comments he made in December 2024 at AmericaFest – after the 2024 elections but before his inauguration – where he said: "With the stroke of my pen on day one, we're going to stop the transgender lunacy."

"Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. Doesn't sound too complicated, does it?"

He already signed those executive orders, though, and it's not clear what more the federal government could do at this point to erase trans people's identities.

Donald Trump says transgender people will "end" if GOP keeps Congress in midterms - LGBTQ Nation


It's a horrible dogwhistle. I'd imagine that some of his less rabid, authoritarian, and/or murderous supporters will excuse it by pointing out that he didn't explicitly say he would "end" transgender people, and that as usual his wording was vague---they could seize on his mention of women's sports and insist that he only meant things like that. Or they might claim they think that being transgender is a "trend" that will eventually end on its own, perhaps after Trump finishes converting us all to Christianity (the Journey of the MAGAts?)...

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Posted 06 September 2026 - 04:50 PM

So ironically a part of the Kennedy Center’s ceiling dropped leaving a curiously roundish hole. The Trump administration is pointing at it saying that this is evidence that it needs to be renovated (and put Trump’s name on it). It sounds crazy even though everything does nowadays but it looks like they sabotaged it.

https://www.cbsnews....ovations-trump/
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Posted 07 September 2026 - 04:27 PM

Trump has planned an advertising blitz to try to make the midterms all about him, and Republicans are (very reluctantly) going along with it.

If people still associate Trump with his old reality TV catch phrase ("You're Fired"), that combined with his support for minimal regulations on data centers and AI could backfire spectacularly, because AGI for computer use has reportedly been achieved---just in time for Labor Day. Granted, so far that's only according to OpenAI and Nvidia; we'll find out soon whether it's being drastically overhyped or not. And Trump could try to intervene to postpone or restrict its adoption, while also deploying swarms of AI agents and deepfakes for propaganda purposes. He hasn't been shy about sending out checks in the past either, so perhaps he'll do that for laid off workers (with his name on every check again).

The mass firings and reduction in job openings will most likely be concentrated among young people who tend to be disproportionately left-leaning anyway, and may motivate them to vote in much larger numbers than usual. At least they won't have to deal with having to work on election day.

Of course, in-depth discussion of AI should be relegated to the dedicated thread, but the political significance of this development seems at least worth mentioning here.

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Posted 07 September 2026 - 09:42 PM

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Trump is facing calls to be removed from office via the 25th Amendment after the 80-year-old president spent an entire day posting deranged AI-generated slop on Truth Social.

This included AI-generated posts showing him launching a nuclear war on Earth from outer space, as well as images of him standing in front of an army of robots with worrying captions

Trump Faces Fresh Calls for Removal Over AI-Fueled Posting Frenzy - The Daily Beast


From Trump's Truth Social posts:

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Posted 08 September 2026 - 04:17 AM

Honestly this is just pathetic.
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Posted 09 September 2026 - 05:12 PM

We should do a mafia game where town=Canadians and scum= the US government. Just saying.
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Posted 09 September 2026 - 08:11 PM

Set it up, Ill play!
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Posted Yesterday, 05:27 PM

Your president has once again broken the law on live TV.

He offered a $5000 bribe to the US electorate to vote the way he wants them to.

18 US Code 597 - Expenditures to influence voting.

But since the USA is not a nation where laws exist or are enforced, nothing will happen.
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View PostMacros, on 09 September 2026 - 08:11 PM, said:

Set it up, Ill play!

I’ve spun up a thread in mafia. I encourage everyone (not just mafia players) to join this once and a lifetime match of Canadians vs US Government. The goal is to 86 the US government !
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